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flag newfbmx
Posted: Jan 19, 2019 at 19:57 Quote
i5 2320 @3.5Ghz
gigabyte ga-z77-d3h
2x4 corsair vengeance 1600 @1866
coolermaster evo 212
amd hd 6970
ocz vertex 4 256gb ssd
wd black 1tb
thermaltake smart 600w
bitfenix comrad
traded ps3 for the tower without gpu and power supply Big Grin

soon to come
i7 2600k
rx570
considering going liquid over air.
corsair 300r
flag ratcat
Posted: Jan 19, 2019 at 23:37 Quote
That was a good deal that, Sandy Bridge i7’s are still pretty damn good, people underestimate the older generations these days at just how capable they still are!
flag Charge262
Posted: Jan 20, 2019 at 3:29 Quote
Still have my 3570k in a second system and it’s still a fast little chip.

The 8700k is on another level but still the old i5 has more than enough grunt to keep up.
flag ratcat
Posted: Jan 20, 2019 at 4:49 Quote
My main rig is still rocking an i7 3930k (x79) and I feel no need to spend hundreds on going to a new platform as of yet.

To be honest, my all time favourite system has to be my little Lanbox. Its AM2 running a Phenom X4 at 3.0Ghz, 8gb ddr2, a GTX 280 and Windows 7 on a 32GB SSD, High end machine for 2008! (looks it too with green cold cathode lighting!) lol


But that little machine surprises everyone, runs Skyrim on high and GTAV on medium at respectable levels, it may be 11 years old now and be limited by DX10 but for a machine that cost £65 to build including a Windows key and the visual parts for it, its certainly a hell of a little machine.
flag Tier1
Posted: Jan 20, 2019 at 8:45 Quote
ratcat wrote:
My main rig is still rocking an i7 3930k (x79) and I feel no need to spend hundreds on going to a new platform as of yet.

To be honest, my all time favourite system has to be my little Lanbox. Its AM2 running a Phenom X4 at 3.0Ghz, 8gb ddr2, a GTX 280 and Windows 7 on a 32GB SSD, High end machine for 2008! (looks it too with green cold cathode lighting!) lol

Oh man... That brings back memories. I remember when you used to be able to pick up Phenom X3's and turn them into X4's since a lot of them were binned X4's but with the 4th core disabled.

I was rocking an i7 920 up until 2 months ago when I picked up a Xeon L5640 for a steal of a deal. $30 CAD shipped to my door. Went from a quad core 45nm 2.67Ghz chip with a 130W TDP to a Hex core 32nm 2.27Ghz chip with a 60W TDP that I've now clocked up to 2.67Ghz with a 158Mhz FSB and no overvolting needed either!
flag Creegz
Posted: Jan 20, 2019 at 9:09 Quote
Welp I built a new machine a while ago and never posted.
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/13992657
flag gabriel-mission9
Posted: Aug 17, 2020 at 11:37 Quote
Well, here's a forum I never expected to find on an mtb site, but you guys might be able to help me out. Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but it seemed applicable...

I want to build a computer for producing music. Basically I want it to run ableton 10 and plug into a midi controller (usb, so easy). Thats all I need it to do. I am not interested in overclocking it, nor am I gonna play games on it. Sadly as soon as I mention these two things all my techy friends get bored and wonder off to find the latest video of someone pouring liquid nitrogen on a GPU and turning all its settings up to 9billion. I'm sure thats cool and all that, but it's not what I'm looking to do.

Let me be clear. I know f*ck all about computers. I've been in the bike industry for well over a decade so have bike knowledge coming out of my ears, and its kinda alien to me looking into the compatibility issues and wild acronyms of another enthusiast hobby and not having a clue what I'm looking at. I feel like a total squid. Or whatever you guys call them. Anyway, I'll get to the point:

I have educated myself the tiniest amount, and figure I want an AMD Ryzen 5 3600, and 16gb of 3000ghz (ish) ram (probably Corsair, but whatever). But on motherboards I'm f*cking stumped. At first I thought I wanted an x570, but I'm beginning to realize this is massive overkill. Like I say I'm not interested in overclocking, and short of a reasonable soundcard and basic graphics I don't need the latest and greatest pciE. So maybe an x 470 would do me? Or a B450? But then I'd need different RAM or some shit? I've been staring at spec sheets for hours and my brain has melted. Please help.

I'm looking to spend about £300-£350 on CPU/MB/RAM, which means the MB should be somewhere in the £130ish range. Unless I've got it all wrong.
flag brodoyouevenbike
Posted: Aug 17, 2020 at 12:48 Quote
I'm out of computers for a while, but a slightly overkill motherboard today may mean you can add newer stuff as it comes out and potentially keep it for 10 years
flag gabriel-mission9
Posted: Aug 17, 2020 at 13:36 Quote
brodoyouevenbike wrote:
I'm out of computers for a while, but a slightly overkill motherboard today may mean you can add newer stuff as it comes out and potentially keep it for 10 years

Yep but a low end x570 is similar money to a mid/high end b450. I don't know which is the better option right now. Future upgrades are a problem for future Gabe to deal with. And he's a dick.
flag dizmo
Posted: Aug 17, 2020 at 14:22 Quote
gabriel-mission9 wrote:
Well, here's a forum I never expected to find on an mtb site, but you guys might be able to help me out. Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but it seemed applicable...

I want to build a computer for producing music. Basically I want it to run ableton 10 and plug into a midi controller (usb, so easy). Thats all I need it to do. I am not interested in overclocking it, nor am I gonna play games on it. Sadly as soon as I mention these two things all my techy friends get bored and wonder off to find the latest video of someone pouring liquid nitrogen on a GPU and turning all its settings up to 9billion. I'm sure thats cool and all that, but it's not what I'm looking to do.

Let me be clear. I know f*ck all about computers. I've been in the bike industry for well over a decade so have bike knowledge coming out of my ears, and its kinda alien to me looking into the compatibility issues and wild acronyms of another enthusiast hobby and not having a clue what I'm looking at. I feel like a total squid. Or whatever you guys call them. Anyway, I'll get to the point:

I have educated myself the tiniest amount, and figure I want an AMD Ryzen 5 3600, and 16gb of 3000ghz (ish) ram (probably Corsair, but whatever). But on motherboards I'm f*cking stumped. At first I thought I wanted an x570, but I'm beginning to realize this is massive overkill. Like I say I'm not interested in overclocking, and short of a reasonable soundcard and basic graphics I don't need the latest and greatest pciE. So maybe an x 470 would do me? Or a B450? But then I'd need different RAM or some shit? I've been staring at spec sheets for hours and my brain has melted. Please help.

I'm looking to spend about £300-£350 on CPU/MB/RAM, which means the MB should be somewhere in the £130ish range. Unless I've got it all wrong.

IIRC a MacBook is a better choice for music production, though I can't recall why.
As for your system questions:

B450/B550 is what you'd want. If you're going with a Ryzen 3600, you'd want the B550 or a B450 MSI board with Max in the name. These have the correct BIOS for your CPU. Other B450 boards will work, however only if they have the correct BIOS.

For RAM, basically any DDR4 RAM will do. Aim for something 3000mhz or higher with a CAS of 16.

This is probably what I'd do tbh. I'm assuming your program uses more threads than it does single core power?
You'd have to do some research there. But the 2700x is only 3 pound more than the 3600.

[url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mQxZ9G]PCPartPicker Part List[/url]

CPU: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/bddxFT/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-37ghz-8-core-processor-yd270xbgafbox]AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor[/url] (£170.00 @ Currys PC World)
Motherboard: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Nh2bt6/msi-b450m-a-pro-max-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-a-pro-max]MSI B450M-A PRO MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard[/url] (£59.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/p6RFf7/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16]Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory[/url] (£59.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £289.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

For an extra 50ish pound you can double the RAM to 32GB, and still be under the upper end of your budget.
flag gabriel-mission9
Posted: Aug 17, 2020 at 14:41 Quote
dizmo wrote:
gabriel-mission9 wrote:
Well, here's a forum I never expected to find on an mtb site, but you guys might be able to help me out. Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but it seemed applicable...

I want to build a computer for producing music. Basically I want it to run ableton 10 and plug into a midi controller (usb, so easy). Thats all I need it to do. I am not interested in overclocking it, nor am I gonna play games on it. Sadly as soon as I mention these two things all my techy friends get bored and wonder off to find the latest video of someone pouring liquid nitrogen on a GPU and turning all its settings up to 9billion. I'm sure thats cool and all that, but it's not what I'm looking to do.

Let me be clear. I know f*ck all about computers. I've been in the bike industry for well over a decade so have bike knowledge coming out of my ears, and its kinda alien to me looking into the compatibility issues and wild acronyms of another enthusiast hobby and not having a clue what I'm looking at. I feel like a total squid. Or whatever you guys call them. Anyway, I'll get to the point:

I have educated myself the tiniest amount, and figure I want an AMD Ryzen 5 3600, and 16gb of 3000ghz (ish) ram (probably Corsair, but whatever). But on motherboards I'm f*cking stumped. At first I thought I wanted an x570, but I'm beginning to realize this is massive overkill. Like I say I'm not interested in overclocking, and short of a reasonable soundcard and basic graphics I don't need the latest and greatest pciE. So maybe an x 470 would do me? Or a B450? But then I'd need different RAM or some shit? I've been staring at spec sheets for hours and my brain has melted. Please help.

I'm looking to spend about £300-£350 on CPU/MB/RAM, which means the MB should be somewhere in the £130ish range. Unless I've got it all wrong.

IIRC a MacBook is a better choice for music production, though I can't recall why.
As for your system questions:

B450/B550 is what you'd want. If you're going with a Ryzen 3600, you'd want the B550 or a B450 MSI board with Max in the name. These have the correct BIOS for your CPU. Other B450 boards will work, however only if they have the correct BIOS.

For RAM, basically any DDR4 RAM will do. Aim for something 3000mhz or higher with a CAS of 16.

This is probably what I'd do tbh. I'm assuming your program uses more threads than it does single core power?
You'd have to do some research there. But the 2700x is only 3 pound more than the 3600.

[url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mQxZ9G]PCPartPicker Part List[/url]

CPU: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/bddxFT/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-37ghz-8-core-processor-yd270xbgafbox]AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor[/url] (£170.00 @ Currys PC World)
Motherboard: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Nh2bt6/msi-b450m-a-pro-max-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-a-pro-max]MSI B450M-A PRO MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard[/url] (£59.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/p6RFf7/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16]Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory[/url] (£59.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £289.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

For an extra 50ish pound you can double the RAM to 32GB, and still be under the upper end of your budget.

Awesome! so ryzen 7 2700x is a better choice than 5 3600 if ableton is thread heavy? Exactly the sort of info I need. Cheers man. I'll research what ableton does, but as it basically runs lots of music tracks, and processes multiple effects on each track, I would assume it does use lots of threads yeah.

Also you have specced a much cheaper MB than I have been looking at, which as you say gives me more cash for extra Ram, which again I think will make a difference to how many side by side noises I can run horrible effects on simultaneously.
Cheers for doing my homework for me Salute
flag dizmo
Posted: Aug 17, 2020 at 15:53 Quote
gabriel-mission9 wrote:
dizmo wrote:
gabriel-mission9 wrote:
Well, here's a forum I never expected to find on an mtb site, but you guys might be able to help me out. Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but it seemed applicable...

I want to build a computer for producing music. Basically I want it to run ableton 10 and plug into a midi controller (usb, so easy). Thats all I need it to do. I am not interested in overclocking it, nor am I gonna play games on it. Sadly as soon as I mention these two things all my techy friends get bored and wonder off to find the latest video of someone pouring liquid nitrogen on a GPU and turning all its settings up to 9billion. I'm sure thats cool and all that, but it's not what I'm looking to do.

Let me be clear. I know f*ck all about computers. I've been in the bike industry for well over a decade so have bike knowledge coming out of my ears, and its kinda alien to me looking into the compatibility issues and wild acronyms of another enthusiast hobby and not having a clue what I'm looking at. I feel like a total squid. Or whatever you guys call them. Anyway, I'll get to the point:

I have educated myself the tiniest amount, and figure I want an AMD Ryzen 5 3600, and 16gb of 3000ghz (ish) ram (probably Corsair, but whatever). But on motherboards I'm f*cking stumped. At first I thought I wanted an x570, but I'm beginning to realize this is massive overkill. Like I say I'm not interested in overclocking, and short of a reasonable soundcard and basic graphics I don't need the latest and greatest pciE. So maybe an x 470 would do me? Or a B450? But then I'd need different RAM or some shit? I've been staring at spec sheets for hours and my brain has melted. Please help.

I'm looking to spend about £300-£350 on CPU/MB/RAM, which means the MB should be somewhere in the £130ish range. Unless I've got it all wrong.

IIRC a MacBook is a better choice for music production, though I can't recall why.
As for your system questions:

B450/B550 is what you'd want. If you're going with a Ryzen 3600, you'd want the B550 or a B450 MSI board with Max in the name. These have the correct BIOS for your CPU. Other B450 boards will work, however only if they have the correct BIOS.

For RAM, basically any DDR4 RAM will do. Aim for something 3000mhz or higher with a CAS of 16.

This is probably what I'd do tbh. I'm assuming your program uses more threads than it does single core power?
You'd have to do some research there. But the 2700x is only 3 pound more than the 3600.

[url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mQxZ9G]PCPartPicker Part List[/url]

CPU: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/bddxFT/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-37ghz-8-core-processor-yd270xbgafbox]AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor[/url] (£170.00 @ Currys PC World)
Motherboard: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Nh2bt6/msi-b450m-a-pro-max-micro-atx-am4-motherboard-b450m-a-pro-max]MSI B450M-A PRO MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard[/url] (£59.99 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: [url=https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/p6RFf7/corsair-memory-cmk16gx4m2b3200c16]Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory[/url] (£59.99 @ Box Limited)
Total: £289.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

For an extra 50ish pound you can double the RAM to 32GB, and still be under the upper end of your budget.

Awesome! so ryzen 7 2700x is a better choice than 5 3600 if ableton is thread heavy? Exactly the sort of info I need. Cheers man. I'll research what ableton does, but as it basically runs lots of music tracks, and processes multiple effects on each track, I would assume it does use lots of threads yeah.

Also you have specced a much cheaper MB than I have been looking at, which as you say gives me more cash for extra Ram, which again I think will make a difference to how many side by side noises I can run horrible effects on simultaneously.
Cheers for doing my homework for me Salute

Yeah, the 2700x has 8 cores 16 threads, the 3600 has 6 cores and 12 threads.
I'd assume it'd use more threads too but I honestly have no idea. Sometimes brute force is needed more.
Haha, no worries. Just make sure the RAM is fast; Ryzen likes fast memory.
flag VandoPereira
Posted: Apr 13, 2022 at 19:51 Quote
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8-Core 16 Threads Processor 3.89 GHz

RAM 32GB 3000MHZ ASUS GEIL SUPERLUCE ( 4x 8GB)

WATERCOOLER COOLER MASTER 2 FANS

SSD INTEL 250GB

MOTHERBOARD ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS

AMD RADEON RX 580 8GB Sapphire Pulse GDDR5

HD 4TB

I have a simple computer, and I use architecture and design renders.
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